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: . y AX ? isi , . Tlir .loiirnnl will r r I? f..urtl I j J Imrlnir for th hr liiu-rvif Fiatl- i fl I If 1 fTX l IM 1 luoulli iU C'm lint my In Kiirl. c IV 1 I I 11 I V N. M l J 1 j UaV' fSX v7SC ; - II. A. AND T. It. HATES, I'l bi.Ihiikkm. "DEV. ItaMMKTkt III nbould rrad th Journal. 1Ii on iilirJ- J ulf. I OFFICE No. 112, South Hixtii Ntkkkt. Ifr. JUL Y 24, 1902. NO. 29. VOL. 23. PLATTl A, Ir . gaw 0 t.ldLes the food more delicious end wholesome aotM a mma pernor plattshouth is AGAIN DELUGED! The Host Damaging Flood Ex psrlsnced In the City's History. 50.000.00 DOLLARS DAUAGES. Il'ruiu Krlcl.y'- I hilly. For the second time in a little over four years Plattsmouth lias Ijeen visit ed witha delude which left devasta tion and ruin in its wake. Four years ago the 7th of this mouth a terrific down-pour of water caused the two main sewers to become clogged and Main street was flooded, entailing a loss upon the business men of many thousands of dollars. The catast rophe which befell the city last night, how ever, makes the former one compara tively slight. The lowering clouds, which had been for a few hours threatening a down pour, lef loose their Moods at about 6:45 o'clock, and for four hours I lie rain fell with unprecedented and almost unabated fury. For a brief interval tfiere was a cessation of thedownpour, but the second delude was more furi ous than the first. The rain was ac companied by a high wind, and for a time a veritable tempest raged, ren dering it almost impossible to get around. Not more than half an hour after the sheets of water began to descend, the North Main sewer became clogged, and the water rushed down Vine street, overflowed Sixth; then, dashing down the alley, quickly tilled the basements of the stores on the nort h side of Main street, between Fifth and Sixth Sts. In a short time Main street presented the appearance of a mountain torrent, except that instead of the water being clear, it was thick and muddy and was laden with wreckage and debris of ev ery description. Still it continued to rise, until nearly all the sidewalks on either side of the street were covered, and within a short time thousands of dollars worth of property had U-en de stroyed. With a mad and mighty rush, the angry torrent dashed down the main thoroughfare, completely till ing all the basements on the north side of the street between Fifth and Sixth and practically all those on the south side below Fifth. The only ones on the south side, west of Fifth, who suf fered, were Wescott's, occupied by Ctias. Martin's barber shop, and which was completely tilled, and F. J. Mor gan's and L. 1. Bennett's, slight dam age being done in each place. About 7:30 o'clock the water began to overflow the floors in Gering's, Her old's, LehnhotT's, Schiappacasse's and Sherwood's stores, and a few minutes later it had undermined the wall be tween LehnhotT's and Schiappacasse's, w hich fell with a crash, taking with it the greater portion of the floor in the tatter's store, and about half of the former's. About twenty feet of the wall collapsed, and those who were in the stores had narrow escapes from in jury or destruction. Henry Weidman and Art Crissman were in LehnhotT's when the wall crumbled, the floor sank beneath them, and the shelving toppled and fell upon them, knocking Crissman to the floor. Luckily he regained his feet and scrambled out I fore he was precipitated into the seething and foaming waters below. Miss Anna Ilessler w1m is employed in Schlappacass's, also ha J a narrow escape, and was assisted out of the building by her father just in the nick of time. Shortly after the falling of the alve mentioned wall, a portion of that which divides Sherwood's and Schiap pacasse's basements collapsed, but al though the former's floor sagged about two feet, it did not go down. When the Scliiappacasse floor fell the buildiDg caught tire, and an alarm brought the department to the scene of destruction. The gallant and in trepid fire lads dashed down Main street with their cart, wading in the angry flood which was waist deep. Their services were not needed, how ever, as the tire had been extinguished before they could get their hose strung. It was nearly 11 o'clock before the deluge began to abate, and by that time fully 150,000 worth of property had been destroyed, and numerous people had had narrow escapes from drowning-. Some idea of the fierceness of waters may be gained when it is stated that paring bricks from the sidewalk in front of Herold's store were carried to the depot. The sidevralk in front of . Hans Goos' saloon was entirely washed CO., Htm took. away, and a great hole, four feet deep, must ' crossed on a plank gangway in order to enter the place. The side walk in front of Weckbach & Co.'s store, in the Waterman block, col lapsed, and the granite paving at that point has sunk down from one to four feet. The brick paving in front of Bering's, Herold's, LehnhotT's and Schiappacasse's is all washed out, and the tliior in Ed. Egeuberger's saloon is bulged up, the water which tilled the basement at one time threatening to burst through it. The tracks at the I!. & M. depot were under two inches of water, and trains were greatly delayed. All the sidewalks on Washington avenue were washed from their pla ces, and residences on tli; t thorough fare were flooded. Out on the above mentioned avenue a number of narrow escapes from drowning occurred. The wife and daughter of Carl Kunsmann were out in the summer kitchen when the structure was suddenly lifted from its foundations and tiegan floating dow n the stream. Henry Miller and Will Kroehler, who lived nearby, saw the danger in which the women were, and their prompt action alone saved the two lives. They secured a clothes line, and while one held the end of it, the other waded out to the kitchen where the other end was fastened around Mrs. Kunsman's waist. She started for the higher ground, but the fright ful velocity of the water soon carried her from her feet, and she was drawn from the water by the rope. This proceed u re was repeated in the case of the daughter. The family of Fred Kunsinann, who lives next door to Carl, was then seen to le in danger, the house being sur rounded by the rapidly rising Hood, and steps were at once taken to rescue them. One end of the clothes line was fastened to a post adjacent to the house, while the men held the other! end. The members of the family, by holding on to this rope', were enabled to cross the torrent without being washed dow n. The family of Henry Collins, living farther east on the avenue, were also in a precarioussituationforsometime. There are a number of small children in the family, and they were carried to places of safety by Guy McMaken and other young men. On Main street where sidewalks had collapsed a number of m?n stepped into holes, and had to lie dragged out by those who were nearby. The residence of August Tartsch in the Fourth ward, was struck by light ning, the chimney knocked down and several shingles torn off. Mrs. Tartsch was quite badly shocked. but is around this morning. (Ins Rhode, wife and baby, who live in one of the brick cottages on Fourth street, south of Main, had a very thrilling experience. The water was nearly up to the floor of the residence, and they thought it advisable to va cate. They started out, Mr. Rhode supporting his wife, who carried the baby. Just in front of the gate the water had cut a deep hole into which they stepped, the father barely saving the wife from falling with the baby. They concluded to retire to the house and wait until the water had sub sided. The damage to the H. & M. railroad company amounted to several thous and dollars. The yards and all the shops except the coach and paint shops were Hooded, and the men in all except the two above mentioned shops are today engaged in cleaning away the mud and slime, and getting things into shape. Large portions of the floor are washed out of the machine and way car simps, while six inches of mud cover the floor of the pattern shop. In this shop the flood mark is one inch lower than two years ago The way car simps had two feet of muddy water aud the turn table pits were all running over. In the brass foundry the flood was two inches above the furnace covers, while the men in the freight and tin shops are digging away six inches of mud which the receding waters deposited. A like amount of mud and slime is also to be found in the blacksmith and hammer shops. All the sid walks were washed out and thrown across the tracks, thus causing a greater precipitation of mud. While the Chicago avenue sewer did not become clogged, it was inedequate to carry off the immense volume of water, and much damage was done in that neighborhood. The bridges across the creek were almost washed away, and that at Granite street was rendered impassible. The water arose in the residence of E. M. Clark, so that it floated the beds. They clasped hands, and Mr. Clark taking the lead, they waded to higher ground In the basement of the residence or O. W. Kl riser, the water was nearly seven feet deep, and the furniture was badly damaged. The water rose to a heitrhlh of sev eral feet in the gas plant, and left ev erything covered with mud. At about 10 o'clock the gas mains became stopped up, or were in some manner broken, and the city's supply of gas was shut off. It may require a week to locate and repair the brake. Su perintendent Charles Weldey who lives adjoining the gas plant had his basement flooded, and also had a large number of chickens drowned. He es tiinates his loss at $25. The wagon bridge across the creek near Heisel's mill was washed out and carried down stream, taking all foot bridges before it. The lady clerks in the stores had an exciting and long-to-be remembered experience in escaping from their var ious places of employment. Before they were aware of the situation, wa ter was rushing over the floors of the stores, and some of the young ladies were carried in almost hysterical con dition, to places of safety. As soon as the basements begin to till Mavor Moriran telegraphed to the Mayor and chief of the fire depart ment in Omaha, for syphons to be sent down to take out the water, but was informed that none were to be had there. Pumps and other appliances are emptying the cellars today, how ever. The Cass County lemoerat which occupies a basement room in the Wa terman block, is a heavy loser, the basement being completely filled. The proprietors had been working for sev eral weeks on an ordinance book for the city, and had it all printed, but not bound. It was entirely destroyed and the work will all have to be done over again. Iheir Joss is about oou. Win. Schmidtman the harness man, was the only man east of Fifth street, to have the water run over his floor. He did not have his back door barred as did the other merchants and al though he locked it and held it with all his force, the water burst it open and rushed in, covering the floor to a depth of nine inches. His loss is $200. When the water began to come in Fred Egenberger went into the base ment to put the bungs into some bar rels of whiskey which had been un plugged. The water arose so fast,' that he was unable to finish the job, so he lost $250 worth of first-class booze. The water ran over thte floor in the general merchandise store of Wm. Herold & Son, to the depth of several incites. All the carpets and other merchandise in the basement were ruined, and the loss is fully $2,000. George B. Lehnhoff lost nearly ev erything in the west side of the store and a great deal besides. It will take $3,000 to make him even. Mr. Lehn hoff is moving the remainder of his stock into the Waterman block today, and Mr. Shciappacasse is taking his goods into the rear of the Gund build ing. The water was a foot deep in Gering & Co.'s drug store and the loss is in the neighborhood of $4,000. The damage to the two buildings and the sidewalks of the Krug Brew ing Co., cannot be repaired for less than $500. Charles Herger, the baker, lost all his flour and baked stuff, and his loss is about $300. Otto Bookmeyer keeps his leaf to bacco in the basement, and was only able to save a portion of it. He is $300 worse off than he was yesterday. John Ilatt lost some hogs and a lot of ice. It will take $300 to replace them. The Schlitz building occupied by Hans Goos was damaged to the ex tent of $150, while Mr. Goos loses $25. Ed Don at lost goods in his base ment to the amount of $100. Other losses are, Henry Peters, $125. John Waterman, lumber and building $200. L. B. Egenberger, $tW. August Gorder, $40. F. R. Guthman, $00. Artie Helps, $150. Henry Donat, $50. One corner of the Gund building set tled, and it may require several hun dred dollars to repair it. The buildings occupied by Lehnhoff and Scliiappacasse belong to v . . Leonard and it will require over $2000 to place them in repair. The Ebinger Hardwarr Company had a large amount of stock in their basement and it was damaged to the amount of $400. On furniture stored in his basement I. Pearl man sustained a loss, which he estimates at $800. R. Sherwood & Son, suffer a loss to stock and building of $1000. John Scliiappacasse lost practically all of his stock, and his loss is at least $1500 - A. II. Weckbach & Co. have $500 worth less goods than they had before the rain. . FKOil TILE C0U'TRV. . The storm seems to have been fully as severe out in the country as it was in the city. A cloud burst occurred at Wabash causing Weeping rrppk to overflow its hanks. tailing heavy damage. At U? water was higher than erf known, and reached the d form. No trains reachedf today. Reports to the county co 4 show that three more J been washed out. At fx and one-half Inches of K AfteW iof Jhnhllay's Flood. (From SulKlay's I:tl!y. -Main Sti-'et presents a busy thougl distressing aux-anuvV today. Scores of men are at vSrt repairing side walks, pumpiiMf fit f from basements, removinir mi(!kJ,l td merchandise "i '"firhai ',Vmoviiig st . . .. " iroui uaseiiieiu- ock from ruined bu As sxn ed that 1 syphons of them and they were put t work yesterday forenoon, taking thewater from the cellars on the north side of the street between Fourth and Sixth streets. The lower block was emptied this morning, and the upper one will be cleared by this evening. Besides these syphons a number of hand pumps are being worked at various places The sidewalk in fro?;' of Weckbach's store was straightened up today, but a lot of earth will have to be thrown beneath it and the curbing reset, be fore the street paving can be repaired. Forces of men are engaged in tilling in around wi igenoerger s, tiering & Co.'s and Hans Goos', and the brick sidewalks will be relaid there imme diately. Most of the stock which Sherwood & Son had stored in their basement consisted of rubber goods, and men were engaged today in getting them out and washing them off. The store is open for business. The general merchandise store of Wm. Herold & Son is" also open for business today. Not much stuff has been taken out'of the basement yet. There has been almost a bread fam ne in the city, since Merger's bakery was nooaeu, aitnougv ne rias been getting some bread for his customers from Omaha. He will probably not be able to resume baking for some davs. The Ebinger Hardware Company las had men taking stoves and wood- enware out oi ine'oasement ever since yesterday, afternoon, and washing them on ouisiae. George Lehnhoff has removed his stock into the corner room of the Waterman block, and is getting it in- o shape as rapidly as possible. Fellows & Kirkham publishers of the Democrat, still have several feet of water in their office, and tind that their loss is much greater than at first supposed. Every case rack in the place was overturned, and the type spilled into the soft mud. This is practically a total loss and tne entire oss will reacn oo. A barricade has been built around the Leonaid buildiug.' and no one is permitted inside. The work of re building the walls will be begun as soon as conditions will permit. The precipitation must have been a great deal heavier north and west of here than it was in i'lattsmouth. Ac cording to Will Clement, who records the rainfall at tne ii. & M. depot, but 05 inches of water fell Thursday night, whereas 10.32 inches fell at the time of the flood four years ago. In spite of these facts, however, the vol ume of water wnicn overflowed Main street was greater this time than lie fore and the destruction heavier. All of the overflows this time came from the Washington avenue sewer, while before both of them sent a torrent to the business center. Reports from the country indicate that tne storm was severe in all di rections. A barn belonging to Charles Fetzer south of Louisville was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Mr. Fetzer succeeded in get ting his stock out of the structure but the hay and grain were burned. The buildings and hay were insured in the Farmer's Mutual Insurance company for $550. It will be a hard task to reach Plattsmouth from Rock Bluff for some time, as all the bridges are washed out and the roads are in bad shape. Investigation has shown that the gas mains are not broken, but that they are tilled with water. They are being tapped at all low places and pumped out, and it is thought that by tonight the company will be able to supply its patrons. Last evening the north "barrel" sewer caved in at the mouth for about fifteen feet, and between the main line or the railroad and the first side track, another cave-in, about four feet in diameter occurred. The main sewer of the city extends only to the railroad tracks where it connects with two "barrel" sewers, which were put in by the railroad company, and which run under their tracks and to the river bank. They are built of two-inch plank around iron rings six feet in diameter. The north one which caved in is about 200 feet south of the depot. A gang of company bridge men are at work to day repairing the-damage. A young man named Will Kephart, who was assisting in getting goods out of Sherwood's basement was struck by a falling brick today, and his back was slightly injured. It's A Rich Mine. A special fom Carbonate, S. I)., to the World-Herald says: "The recent discovery by Charles Brown and Jas. K. Pollock of rich silver ore, two miles from Carbonate, promises to re awaken interest in silver mining in the Black Hills. Their ore is a silver lead carbonate, carrying from twenty to forty of silver on an average, and from 18 to 25 per cent lead, with from $3 to $6 per ton in gold. Much of the ore runs 300 and 400 ounces of silver, and many fine specimens are obtained. ITheo .been as MaytT r-rgun ascertalri- ie could (m get hydraulic from Om; ie ordered two made at thi. & M. shops, MM i .nr. If Rpmpmlipr vn 1 1 M i I '--"- " -' - . them as you do in the summer especially will this he the case this summer, with low cut shoes so generally worn. Our showing of half hose is the best we ever made. You will hardly know what is new in that line until you have inspected our line. We have the plain serviceable, the fancy, the open knit, the drop stitch hosiery. We Have the Show Knit Hosiery. Plattsmouth, Nebraska . . . Poisoned His Hand. Last Saturday while L. G. Larson, the contractor, was working in the basement of Sherwood's store putting n braces to straighten up the floor, ie thrust his hand under the water, striking the right thumb just back of the nail, upon what he supposed was nail. The supposed nail ploughed through the flesh for about an inch and a half when it again penetrated the skin. Mr. Larson paid little attention to the wound and kept on working, but since then it has been paining him considerable, and has become quite badly swollen- Yesterday he con sulted a surgeon, who upon probing the wound, extracted a piece of glass. The member is still badly swollen, and at times painful, and it is feared that the foul water and the presence of the glass in the thumb for such a length of time have produced a case of blood poisoning. Just From Oklahoma. Commissioner Cox gave the Journal a call Monday, and informed us that he returned yesterday morning from a trip to Oklahoma, where he owns two quarter sections in Wood county, one of the best in the territory. Mr. Cox remained several days looking after his interests, and during his stay they had two splendid rains, but not two much. The wheat is all cut and the farmers are suffering some drawback on account of the scarcity of thresh ers. Mr. Cox is much pleased with his purchase, and could sell out there at any time and make $1,500 by so do ing. But he prefers to keep it. Mr. Cox sa3s he w ill not remove perman ently before fall. Another Shipment of Fine Stock. Cass county is rapidly coming to the front as one of the greatest for fine stock in the west. She at one time took a back seat for some of our neigh bors over the river, but don't any more. Among our most noted stock men are w.ii. lieu jc isro. or me Pleasant View Stock Farm, breaders of the Red Polled cattle, which have become so famous among stockmen generally. The demand for these cat tle have been so great upon these gen tlemen that it was impossible almost to supply it, and recently they have refused several orders from Iowa. On Monday evening W. H. Heil & Brc. w ill shipepd two young bulls and twelve yearling heifers to L. Dickey, Stockton, California, which donate that these tine cattle are becoming noted for their excellent qualities far and near. Sues For One Thousand Dollars. John Irwin must have got decidedly the worst of it in that battle with Gus Splitt last week, for although the latter has already paid to fines for having batted the other across the head with a club, he is not yet satis fled, and has begun suit in the county court against Splitt and his father for $1000 damages. ne says in his petition that he has not been able to work and take care of his growing crops since his cranium contact with Splitt's impro Papon and that he has been (y damaged to the aggregate v0u0, for which amount, to Ah costs, he asks judgment. Vhe Cough and Works n the Cold. MBromo-Quinine Tablets one day. ISo cure, no isents. 'K'M Jo) 17r? TU7 ml v accooocooooooooooosooooocsoooooocsooc nprpr hnw vnur sot'kfi SO often or show so much ol oooooooaoooGooooooooooooeoooooooeooaooo MR MM, 8 L, The State 8 jP 1 1 IN BRIEF.j Auburn has formed a company for the purpose of buying a pair of blood hounds for use in tracking criminals. An Albion firm harvested from their seven and a half acres of strawberries a yield of 1,500 creates of berries, worth $3,200. A civil service examination will te held at Omaha August 12 for aspi rants to the position of teacher of ag riculture, Indian service. ' Brokers (tf Omaha are buying nice potatoes at 20 cents per bushel as against a price of 40 cents paid this time last year. Even at this price large quantities are handled. The free high school attendance proposition for country schools has been defeated in every county in the state, according to the returns that have been received. Great preparations are being made for the entertainment of the state Grand Army of the Republic reunion to be held at Hastings the second week in September. About 1,000 tents have been ordered and a mammoth tent with a seating capacity of about 2,000 persons will be erected for the occasion. The statement of lands prepared tor the years 1890 and 1891 shows the to tal assessment of a number of coun ties to be $83,908 on a total valuation of $903,513, or about one-eleventh. The counties included in the state ment are Seward, Boone, Platte, Col fax, Antelope, Cumings, Filmore, Ad ams, York, Butler, Saunders and Dodge. The mayor at Auburn has ordered all of the toy pistols confiscated and the marshal has a large box filled with pistols that he has taken away from boys. This was brought about by two serious accident at that place on July 4th. The council has been asked to pass an ordinance prohibiting the sale of these death dealers, dynamite crackers and other deadly explosives. Nebraska has found alfalfa to be very profitable in raising and as indi cation of the splendid success met with a number of prosperous farmers, a number of experiences may be of interest. During last year a Hitch cock county farmer sold $1,400 worth of hogs that were raised on alfalfa, another from the same county har vested three cuttings of alfalfa hay from his eight-acre tract in the same period. An Alma man sold $1,898 worth of alfalfa hay off of forty acres, and another $681 from seven acres. Had a Narrow Escape. Frank, the thirteen-year-old son of Councilman James II. Herold, was painfully injured, and had a narrow escape frm being killed, Sunday evening. He started to lead a cow be longing to Tom Henderson to the wa tering trough at Pearl and Sixth streets, . when the animal . became frightened and began running. The rope had become fastened around the boy's arm so that- he was - unable to loosen it, and was thrown from his feet and dragged more than a block. His clothing was torn from him and be was badly, scratched and bruised, when the cow finally stopped at Sage's barn. He is doing well after his ez citing experience. , -.... MLL Tf The Leading Clothier Very Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea. "About six years ago for the first time in my life I had a sudden and se vere attack of diarrhoea," says Mrs. Alice Miller, of Morgan, Texas. "1 got temporary relief, but it came back again and again, and for six long years I have suffered more misery and agony than I can tell. It was worse than death. My husltand spent bund reds of dollars for physicians, prescriptions and treatment without avail. Finally we moved to Bosque county, our pre sent home, and one day I happened to see an advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a testimonial of a man who tiad been cured by it. The case was so similar to my own that I concluded to try the remedy, The result was wond erful. I could hardly realize I was well again, or beleive it could be so aft er having suffered so long, but that one bottle of medicine, costing but a few cents, cured me." For sale by all druggists. BIG SALE OFGOODS Damaged by Flood At LEHNH0FFS Temporary Quarters WATERMAN BLOCK. Beginning at once we will clean out all damaged goods at a mere frac tion of cost: Beautiful and Expensive Cloth Books at 10, 15 and 2, cents each. $150.00 worth of New Bibles, just re ceived for the Holiday trade, bibles up to $4 and go at 2- and 50 cents each. Kid Dolls up to 2.50 at 10, 15. 25 and 50 cents. Doll Buggies at 10 and 15 cents, for merly ooc to $2.00. Iron Wagons ...GO AT HALF PRICE... ....HAnnocKs .... slightly soiled by dirt and water go at a mere trifle. Now is the time to get a hammock as we had a large line of expensive ones. There are thousands of articles that as we are will go in this sale determined to CLOSE OUT ALL DAMAGED STOCK and go back to our old location with nothing but a good, clean stock. ihnhoff Book